Dhoni should probably carry Aircel Pocket Internet with him while batting too. Maybe then he can become Man of the Match ;-)

@chan2182 Sadly no - http://twitter.zendesk.com/forums/10711/entries/14016. Ideally I should have a public profile and msgs should be public by default with the option to tag msgs as private. delicious uses a similar model where you can mark links as 'Do Not Share'. Such a feature is long overdue on Twitter.[In reply to the question: "When I reply to @someone who doesn't follow me, does @someone still see my tweet? Given that I've protected my updates from non-followers?"]

Is Kanimozhi a freedom fighter? - http://bit.ly/sdTzq (via Churumuri http://bit.ly/7JBf4).[One commenter there wonders whether the default value for Freedom Fighter is 'Yes'. If so, the implementor should be hauled up. Most GoI/GoK websites are pathetic in terms of usability. Common sense generally thrown out of the window. Is NIC the common culprit here?]

There are two novels that can change a bookish 14-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs (http://moodybiologist.com/blog/?p=126)

RT@aadisht: Dear BSNL, do you seriously expect us to believe that someone who's friends with Deepika Padukone has a "non-happening" life?

@venusatuluri Use text files. Can't get simpler than that. I use them for books and movies, maintaining both done and to-be-done together. I use the GMail Tasks thingy for stuff to be done though.[In reply to the question: "Is there an app out there that implements a simple priority queue to manage to-do lists, to-read lists, to-watch lists etc.?"]

I was expecting Onions, tears and Windies in some headline. Now I see Cricinfo using "Onions make Windies weep". How about "Onions leaves a bad taste in the mouth of Windies batsmen"? Would have been especially apt if he had broken a few teeth. OTOH, -ve ones: "Smith cuts Onions to size" or even better "Onions peeled away by strong Gayle". Oh boy! This is getting out of hand. As Andrew Miller says on Cricinfo, "...Onions, the man with a surname that headline-writers cannot help but relish..."

"Testicular guard used first in cricket in 1874 & 1st helmet in 1974. Took 100 years for men to realize that the brain is also important!", "The species has to continue even if it produces mad people. I think the priority is perfectly fine!" - Quotes from Cricinfo

"Today the level of BQG has gone so high that every serious quizzer is aware of the group" - Am I missing something here?[Tweeting sceptically after reading this article in the Deccan Herald about the Bangalore Quiz Group]

The blog has lain fallow for more than a year. However from September 2008, I have been active on Twitter (@urajat). Since my updates on Twitter are protected, I thought I would collect some of my better (re)tweets/links/conversations here for public consumption. Some of the tweets are followed by annotations in italics. The links posted here will mostly be of the shortened variety, although I might get them to expand automatically in future posts. Till then, bear with me.